Washing machine



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Patented June 28, 1938 This invention relates to improvements in washing machines and particularly to apparatus which is adapted to receive clothes for a laundering operation and for dispensing the same.

It is an object of thisl invention to provide economical, efficient, simple and practical means for receiving clothes for washing and for rapidly' dispensing or removing the clothes after being Itis a further object of this invention to provide flexible means adapted to be received within a clothes-washing'rotatable compartment or tumbler for holdingV clothes to be Washed, and means to withdraw the flexible means from the compartment whereby the clothes after being washed may be dispensed from the compartment.

'I his invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of parts and in the unique relations of the members and in the relative proportioning and disposition thereof all as more completely outlined herein.

To enable others skilled in the art so fully to comprehend the underlying features thereof that they may embody the 'same by the numerous modications in structure andrelation contemplated by this invention, drawings depicting a preferred form have been annexed as a part of this disclosure, and in such drawings, like characters of referencel denote corresponding parts throughout all the views, of which:

' Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a washing machine incorporating the invention'.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through a washing drum made in accordance with the invention ready to 'receive the load.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view similar to Figure 2 but showing the load` being removed from the drum compartment.

Fig. 4 is ahorizontal fractional sectional view through aV part of the drum taken along line I 4-4 of Figure 2..

Fig. 5 is adiagramma or clothes holder employed in the invention.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section of the apron .shown 25 which may be constructed in any suitable 'n thewater to drain from the apron as it is withtic drawing of an apron tom of each compartment mouth or opening O is a. motor drive 23.

UNITED STATES PATENT ol-i-"icla:v

WASHING MACHINE' Joseph Carroll, Brooklyn, N. Y., assigner of onehalf to Benjamin Kobre, New York, N. Y.

Application November 11, 1936,` Serial No. 110,263

According to an embodiment of the invention, within each drum compartment 'C and at the ends thereof are secured in any suitable manner the arcuate locking bars 30,having a series of locks 3| arranged in tandem. Each lock-is sub- '5 .l

- indicated at 33a. This rail maybe in the form of a split tube or may assume any other suitable form. Cover 22 has an inwardly projecting pin i 49 whichv enters the' hollow of rails 32 to iix the position of the latter during rotation of the drum. The clothes during the washing operation are supported on a flexible clothes holder or apron manner.l The drawings show one construction thereof in Figs. 2-6, inclusive. Referring particularly to Figure 6, apron 25 may consist of a sheet of perforated rubberized material 25a and a wire mesh reinforcing member 2,9 disposed thereun der. f

drawn from the drum. Apron 25 is further provided with a front bar or rod 45, the ends of which project beyond the'sides of the apron 25 and ride in the slots 33 of the guide rails 32. Spaced flanges 44a, 44h may be provided at the ends of rod 45 between which and in space 44 the rod slidably engages the wall of rail 32.

Suitablysecured to the drum 2| at the bota b ar or rod 46.- Slidably engaging rod 46 are a 4" pair of slotted supports 35, the slots 36,accom modating the ends of rod 46. The lower or front end portion 24 of apron 25 is secured to supports 25. l

The clothes holder or apron 25 is positioned 'V within the compartment C by sliding guide rod 45 along the guide rails 32 until the rod.45 reaches the oiset end 33a of the slots 33. By turning the guide rails 32 in the `direction indicated by the arrow A (Fig. 2), the guide bars 21 (comprising the members Il, 42) will slide in the slots or mouths 3ia of locks 3i into locking position. It is to be noted that the support elements 35 are within the compartment. The clothes are then thrown into the drum and of course land on the apron or holder 25. 'Ihe cover 22 is then closed and the drum rotated in the conventional manner.

' Since the channels 32 are locked in positionby the pins I9 the apron will be maintained in locked position. Bars 4l facilitate agitation of the clothes within the drum and act as friction means to prevent rthe clothes remaining in one position.

After the washing of the clothes has been completed, the drum is opened and hook 38' carried by the hoist cable 31 is attached to loop or handle 26 of apron 2S. Cable 31 is trained over pulley 41 (Fig. l), and by pulling on this cable either manually or by mechanical means, apron or holder 25 may be pulled out in a lineal direction from one end thereof, as indicated in Figure 3, the rods I5 sliding out of channel members 32. During this pulling or withdrawal step, the front portion 2d of apron `25 which is attached to the sliding supports 35 slides outwardly and when the apron iscompletely withdrawn, this front portion of the apron constitutes a chute for vthe clothes to slide into container 39. The supports 35 have the rear portions of their slots curved downwardly as indicated at 35a to facilitate downward movement of the supports and consequently the front portion of the apron.

It is believed from the above description that those skilled in the art will have no difficulty in understanding the construction, the method of use and operation of the device herein disclosed and a further detailed discussion thereof is unnecessary. The invention is of simple and practical Aconstruction and is adapted to accomplish4\`in the compartment to retain the said holder in among others all of the objects and vadvantages herein set foth.

Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of this invention that others can by applying current knowledge readily adapt ,it for various applications without omitting certain features, that, from the standpoint of the prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this lnvention, and therefore, such adaptations should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalency of the following claims:

1. An article of the character described comprising a rotary clothes washing compartment, a flexible holder for clothes adapted to be received within said compartment and having one end4 substantially fixed thereto and the other end linearly withdrawable therefrom, means in the compartment to retain the saidholder in substantially fixed position during the washing operation, and means connected with the movable lend of said holder to withdraw the said holder substantially from the compartment after the washing operation whereby the clothes are dis- '3. In combination with a movable clotheswashing compartment a pair of guides within the vsaid compartment, a' flexible clothes holder adapted to be received by tlie guides, means in the compartment to retain the said holder inv operative position during the movement of the compartment, means to withdraw the said holder substantially from the compartment whereby the clothes supported thereby may be discharged.

and means to extend part of the holder from the compartment to provide a chute to facilitate the discharging of the clothes.

.4. In combination with a movable clothesv'washing compartment a pair of spaced guides within said compartment, a flexible clothes holder having a transverse member in slidable engagement with the said guides whereby the said holderpmay be received within the said compartment, and means to substantially withdrawthe said holder from the compartment whereby the clothes supported thereby may be discharged therefrom. L

5. In combination with a movable clotheswashing compartment a pair of spaced guides within said compartment, a ilexible clothes holder having a transverse member in slidable engagement with the said guides whereby the said holder may be received within-the said compartment. and cooperative means on the holder and in the compartment to retain the said holder in operatlve position during movement of the compartment.

6. In combination with a movable clotheswashing compartment a pair of spaced guides within said compartment, a flexible clothes holder having a transverse member in slidable engagement with the said guides whereby` the said` holder may be received within the said compartment, and cooperative means on the holder and operative position during movement of the compartment, and means for withdrawing the said holder from the said compartment whereby the clothes supported thereby maybe discharged.

7. In combination with. a movable clotheswashing compartment a pair of spaced guides within said compartment, a ilexible clothes hol'der having a transverse member in slidable engagement with the said guides whereby the said holder may be received within the said compartment, cooperative means on the holder and in the compartment to retain the said holder in operative position during movement of the compartment,

said compartment, cooperative means on said' holder and in said compartment for retaining said holder against relative movement during movement of said compartment, said means being arranged for engagement between the holder and compartment upon rotation of said guides in one direction.

9. In combination with a movable clotheswashing compartment a pair of rotative guides spaced within said compartment, a liexible. clothesl holder, a;v transverse member on said holder adapted for slidable engagement with said guides whereby the holder may be placed within said compartment, cooperative means on said holder and in said compartment for retaining said holder against relative movement during movement of said compartment, said means be' y ing arranged for engagement between the holderand compartment upon rotation of said guides in one direction, means for slidably 4extending a portion of said holder upon withdrawal thereof from said compartment for facilitating dispensing of the clothes from said holder.

10. .In a clothes-washing machine, a rotary tumbler having a washing compartment therein, a flexible clothes holder in said compartment constructedto substantially conform with a portion of the inner wall of the compartment, and means in the compartment to retain the-holder in position with respect thereto;

` JOSEPH CARROLL. 

